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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 81-82 | Chapter 83.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the Try Pots Inn in Nantucket, what is the staple menu?
(a) ham and gravy.
(b) fish and chips.
(c) bacon and eggs.
(d) clam and cod chowder.

2. What is Ishmael's evidence that sperm whales have knowingly and maliciously been destructive to men and their ships?
(a) interviews with survivors of whale attacks.
(b) other ships that have had bad encounters with whales.
(c) his own experience with whales while he was at sea.
(d) stories printed in British and American newspapers.

3. Why does Ishmael linger on the Biblical story of Jonah?
(a) because he does not believe the Biblical account.
(b) because it explains a lot about whales.
(c) because he remembers sermons about Jonah.
(d) because some crewmen doubt the story.

4. What startles the crew as they prepare to go after a whale?
(a) whales completely surrounding the ship.
(b) a hole in the bottom of each whale boat.
(c) five men they had not seen before.
(d) Captain Ahab without his ivory peg leg.

5. How does Queequeg manage to sign on with the Pequod after first being turned down?
(a) agreeing to convert to Christianity.
(b) giving the owners shrunken heads.
(c) demonstrating his skill with the harpoon.
(d) offering to work for less pay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ishmael say about why some captured whales float while others tend to sink?

2. What is the name of Queequeg's small, carved idol?

3. To what does Ishmael compare the weaving of a mat?

4. What purpose does the mad Elijah serve in the story?

5. To what does Ishmael attribute the hieroglyphic-like markings on the whale skin?

(see the answer key)

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